The 2011 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship was expanded to 12 teams beginning in 2011. The tournament determined the four CONCACAF teams that participated at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Colombia. In addition, the top three finishers from Central America or the Caribbean, in addition to hosts Mexico, qualified to participate at the 2011 Pan American Games. The Executive Committee approved that for men's U-20 championships all three North American teams again qualified automatically for the finals. Central America received four berths, and the Caribbean received five.
The new allocations give Central America one more berth than it had in 2009 and the Caribbean three more.CONCACAF.com – Men's youth, women's tournaments expanded – 20 April 2010 On 1 September 2010 CONCACAF announced Guatemala as host of the championship, played from 3–17 April.CONCACAF.com – Guatemala to host U-20 finals; Jamaica gets U-17s – 1 September 2010
The championship was scheduled to be held a week later but was moved ahead one week due to a scheduling conflict.
Qualified teams
Region Qualification Tournament Qualifiers Caribbean (CFU) Caribbean U-20 qualifying tournament Central America (UNCAF) Central American U-20 qualifying tournament (hosts) North America (NAFU) Automatically qualified
Squads
Venues The tournament was hosted in two stadium.
Guatemala City Estadio Mateo Flores Estadio Cementos Progreso Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 16,000
Draw The draw for the final tournament took place on February 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, dividing the 12 sides into four, three-team groups.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3 (Host)
Status of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is a member of CONCACAF but not a member of FIFA. As such, they are eligible to compete for CONCACAF Championships but are not eligible to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. If they had reached the semifinals of this tournament, the 4th team from CONCACAF to qualify for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup would have been the losing quarterfinalist who gained the most points in the group stage. If two or more teams had been tied, then a drawing of lots would have been be used.CBC.ca Sports - Canadians rally for win at CONCACAF U-20
Group stage
Key to colours in group tablesTop 2 teams in each group advanced to the quarterfinals
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
Goalscorers
6 goals Joel Campbell
4 goals
Ulises Dávila Cecilio Waterman
3 goals
Mynor Miller Gerson Lima Taufic Guarch Alan Pulido Kelyn Rowe
2 goals
Bryan Vega Alexander López Conor Doyle
1 goal
Derrick Bassi Lucas Cavallini Joshua Diaz Juan Golobio Joseph Mora Deyver Vega Yaudel Lahera Christophe Houelche Henry Lopez Elías Vásquez Ever Alvarado Anthony Lozano Nestor Martinez Neco Brett Kristian Álvarez Diego de Buen David Izazola Jorge Mora Carlos Emilio Orrantía Edson Rivera José Álvarez Javier Caicedo Joseph Gyau Bobby Wood
Own goals
Renay Malblanche for Mexico Jhamie Hyde for Guatemala Oscar Linton for Mexico
Final ranking
Note: Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.
Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup Top 4 teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Countries to participate in 2011 Pan American Games 4 teams qualified for the 2011 Pan American Games. The highest finisher from each the Caribbean and Central American regions will qualify, along with the best qualifying team from either region (host nation) (The highest finisher from Caribbean Region) (The highest finisher from Central American Region) (best qualifying team from both Region) ° Note: withdrew from the Pan American Games and was replaced by .
See also 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup CONCACAF
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